Magical Wizard, Witch & Warlock Baby Names
Somewhere along the way (oh, maybe the 1600s?), witches got a bad rap. Instead of being associated with nature and enchanting mystical mythology, people started thinking they were evil. Whatever. All it took was the magic of Harry Potter to put witches, warlocks, and wizards back into the public’s good graces — and thank goodness, because a little magic might just make your baby name search easier.
Actually, right around the same time that our favorite young wizard made his debut, Charmed‘s Halliwell sisters flew onto the scene, and well before that, the Sanderson sisters of Hocus Pocus captured our witchy hearts. Frankly, pop culture is rife with witch and wizard shows and references, and we’re here for it.
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From Arthurian legend and Greek mythology to Disney movies and Tolkien, we’ve sourced a ton of awesome witchy names. Whether you’re into magic and sorcery or just like beautiful names from pop culture, we bet that at least one of these magical names for babies will leave you spellbound.
Witch Names for Girls
Pop culture loves witches — we’re looking at you, Halliwell sisters and Sanderson sisters! — and these witchy names are gorgeous. Plus, a lot of them have historical legend behind them. They all work as first names, but they also make for beautiful, quirky middle names too.
Bavmorda: Antagonist of Willow
Circe: Greek lore
Elphaba: From Wicked
Endora: From Bewitched
Evanora: Wicked Witch of the East
Glinda: Good Witch of the South
Hermione: From Harry Potter
Jadis: White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia
Kotake and Koume: Ganon’s surrogate mothers, from Legend of Zelda
Locasta: Good Witch of the North
Maleficent: Witch from Sleeping Beauty
Mary: One of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus
Medea: Greek lore
Morgan: Arthurian lore
Samantha: From Bewitched
Theodora: Wicked Witch of the West
Tia: From Pirates of the Caribbean
Paige: From Charmed
Phoebe: From Charmed
Piper: From Charmed
Prue: From Charmed
Ravenna: From Snow White and the Huntsman
Sarah: One of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus
Macy: The Charmed Ones
Margarita: The Charmed Ones
Minerva: From Harry Potter
Melanie: The Charmed Ones
Marisol: The Charmed Ones
Sabrina: From Sabrina the Teenage Witch & Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Tabitha: From Bewitched
Willow: From Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Winifred: One of the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus
Ursula: The Little Mermaid
Warlock & Wizard Names
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These unique warlock and wizard names carry a lot of history behind them. Not only do they sound powerful, but the names also represent strong characters and mythological figures.
Alatar: Tolkienian name — one of the two blue wizards
Albus: As in Dumbledore, from Harry Potter
Atlantes: Sorcerer from The Matter of France
Bloise, Blaise or Blaze: Merlin’s master, Arthurian lore
Gandalf: Tolkienian name — the gray wizard
Ganon or Ganondorf: Warlock and antagonist of most Legend of Zelda iterations
Gwydion: Welsh mythology
Harry: Yes, the Harry Potter
Jareth: From Labyrinth
Merlin: Arthurian lore
Ommin: A Sith Sorcerer, Tales of the Jedi
Oscar: The name of the Wizard of Oz himself
Pallando: Tolkienian name — one of the two blue wizards
Prospero: Shakespearean name
Puck: Shakespearean name
Radagast: Tolkienian name — the brown wizard
Rincewind: Discworld, technically a “wizzard”
Saruman: Tolkienian name — the white wizard
Severus: From Harry Potter
Sirius: Harry Potter’s Godfather; also the Dog Star
A version of this article was originally published June 2013.
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